The Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on the Perception of Pain and Coping With Pain

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate whether cognitive and emotional components take part in the positive acupuncture effect on pain.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Sheba Hospital,

Ramat Gan, Israel

About this study

The effect of acupuncture on pain intensity has been already investigated and confirmed. Recent publication (Pariente J., et a., 2005) indicated that acupuncture may affect midbrain areas, that are associated with cognitive control of pain.

The Pain Self Regulation Model (Levental, 1980)distinguishes between emotional response pain representations and cognitive pain representations. According to this model, emotional and cognitive pain representations leads to a new (cognitive or emotional) evaluation of the pain, that affects its perception and the ability to cope with it (Levental at al., 2001).

This study will try to assess the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment is involved in this process.

The study is designed as pilot study, limited to 45 patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

patients suffering from pain,who are reffered for acupuncture treatment,and consented to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

children under 18 years of age

Treatment and study plan

Acupuncture

Procedure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sheba Medical Center

Other Gov

Collaborators

Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center

Registry information

Official study title

Pilot Study on the Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Pain Perception and on the Ability to Cope With Pain

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Aug 30, 2006
Registry last updated: Jul 21, 2009

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